Unni Løvlid’s tireless musical quest brings her this time to Japan. Together with fellow musicians Håkon Thelin, Remi Miura and Kaizan Harago she has taken a step further from LUX, her 2013 release that garnered outstanding reviews. The musicians have taken existing compositions such as Lars Petter Hagen’s “Hymn”, overlaying it with the folk melody “Kvilesteinen”. Texts by Jon Fosse and Olav H Hauge are set to old tunes; the musicians have collectively created new music, new forms of expression. Hikari furu Oto, a piece by the renowned gagaku composer Hideki togi has been fused with words by Olina Nygård from Honindal and a folk tune from Sykkylven. Unni draws on familiar, traditional folk songs including “Den svalande vind”, “Jeg lagde meg så silde” and “Jeg går i tusind tanker”, playing with our perception of how familiar things changes according to context.
Hymn
HCD7315
2/24/2017